Nicolette Mason on Activism, Anti-Racism, and Using Your Social Platform to Support Your Values

In this episode, our long-time friend Nicolette Mason joins us! Nicolette is a fellow blogger who is also a writer, strategist, body positivity content creator, and co-founder of Premme (RIP!), which was a plus size fashion brand. She shares her firsthand experiences protesting to support #BlackLivesMatter and Black trans lives and gives tips to first-time protestors. She also has recommendations for educating yourself and how to diversify the content you ingest on a daily basis. She also shares her career path, the inside scoop on her fashion line, and her favorite beauty products!

 

More Nicolette:

@nicolettemason on Instagram @nicolettemason on Twitter

 

Nicolette’s Recs:

 

Instagram:

@ihartericka @blairimani @danielleprescod @chrissyford @nikkiogun @iamjarijones @janetmock

 

Authors and Figures to Research:

Audre Lorde James Baldwin Angela Davis Ava DuVernay 13th Documentary (Netflix) Laverne Cox’s Documentary Disclosure (Netflix) Malcolm X Eldrige Cleaver

 

Skin + Beauty:

Lord Jones CBD Face Oil Biossance Lactic Acid Resurfacing Night Cream Ilia mascara Saie Beauty mascara Glossier Lash Slick

 

Hair:

Pantene sulfate free rosewater nutrient blends shampoo conditioner and hair mask Crown Affair oil Briogeo rose oil

 

 

Obsessions:

Picture this app Loft dresses Veet Hair Removal Gel Tracie Hervy Pottery Harlem Candle company Shani Darden Retinol

 

Instagram:

@celiabdesigner

 

Books:

Real Men Knit by Kwana Jackson One to Watch by Kate Stayman London Party of Two by Jasmine Guillory So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo Wow No Thank You by Samantha Irby Born a Crime by Trevor Noah Older by Pamela Redmond (out in sept)

 

July Book Club:

The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett

 

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